lime juice in the nightly vodka & tonic will keep the rickets away. 

step away from the desk at the top of every hour, do fifty push ups to keep your metabolism running at a high rate.

It really doesn't take much from slipping into decrepitude. 

doctors start wondering why so many young pale men have worn out elbows... 

stop turning this thread into a mess
please stay on topic 

 

http://wantonhubris.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/e3m4rmx_b.jpg 

Oh, obviously very WIP and needs more work but this is the direction it's headed at least ... this is the very start area, E3M4. 

grilles/girders/complex things on the ceiling. vis time and lotsa splits or make em imaginary or funkywalls. 

I'm keeping an eye on it, believe me. It's just over 5 minutes at this point for the whole level so I'm not concerned yet. 

very recognizable! 

Looks good Willem! 

OK, well, 21 minutes ... still, not too bad. If it gets over an hour I'll start hacking. :P

Thanks all! 

in case someone out there isn't counting. 

Lunaran is right. so guys, I hope you make it!
Im done doing geometry and some light ... 

It's coming along. Assuming work doesn't get crazy I should make it. Let's hope... 

Butim on holiday this week. ;D

I dont like letting people down and looking like a twat, so. . . .

Has anyone reached the stage of beta-testing yet? 

I used the id map as a base so my level has always been playable. 

I just sealed my map some days ago. It looks 50% as good as the original, has 20% the details, 0% items and monsters.

Oh, did I ever mention that QuArK is a piece of shit when it comes to maps with more than 20 brushes? Each click makes all views update and that takes about a second. Retexturing and aligning is so much fun this way! 

Oh, did I ever mention that QuArK is a piece of shit when it comes to maps with more than 20 brushes?

Err I disagree, QuArK is fine if you configure it properly. I think you should use only 2 views (bottom and side view): no 3D view is helpful in this case. Also, if you want to use 3 side view + 3D view, etc.. you need a speed runner computer... though.. 

the 'someone out there' was specifically referring to me... I really need to get back into the mappin'. 

I got my mapping mojo back. 

I started working on e4m1rmx after a small spell of speedmapping last week. 19 days left :o
It's gonna be tight! :P
Has anyone done any testing yet? 

What do you do, Ricky? How do you have this kind of time for mapping? I'm lucky if I can squeeze a few hours a week in... 

I started e4m1rmx a while ago, after I finished Slave. I just postponed it while I was doing that speedmap!

As for where do I find the time, well - I dont really know!! If you want to do something, you do it!

I'm sooo busy at the moment too! Ive got my job (office administrator), college (book-keeping), my band, my girlfriend and my friends to worry about. Sometimes I map from 2am to 3:30am if thats the only time I get. It really difficult sometimes to stay motivated. Sometimes I open Worldcraft and stare blankly at the screen for ten minutes. But if I add one brush or fix one texture I always save it straight away.

I'm blindly charging forwards with my life for fear of missing a trick, I spent 6-7 years just messing around/"standing still" but now I just keep going!

I still consider mapping and my band to be pointless pass-times rather than prospective careers, I'm just playing in my sand box really! :P 

I keep going to bed when it's light, and it's getting worse!

Fuck-it; sleep when you're dead!